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minus-square@NegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink37•11 months agoHow many of the supreme court justices own stakes in for profit prisons?
minus-square@disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink35•edit-211 months agoForced labor is not exclusive to private prisons. Federal and state prisons employ inmates just the same. Our nation incarcerates more than 1.2 million people in state and federal prisons, and two out of three of these incarcerated people are also workers. https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/captive-labor-exploitation-of-incarcerated-workers
minus-square@gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink24•edit-211 months agoJails and prisons also purchase a ton of goods and services from for profit companies, who are all too happy to upcharge (“you can’t put a price on safety!”), and the wardens just sign on the dotted line and hand the bill over to taxpayers This documentary from about 20 years ago went to one of their tradeshows, and even back then they were talking about how it corrections was a billion dollar industry e; mirror link for Up the Ridge
minus-square@thejoker954@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-1•11 months agoAt least with federal and state prisons doing it - it technically* benefits everyone, where private prisons are just lining someone’s pockets.
minus-square@disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•11 months agoIt doesn’t. It’s a way for taxes to indirectly support corporations on the backs of inmates. https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e
How many of the supreme court justices own stakes in for profit prisons?
Forced labor is not exclusive to private prisons. Federal and state prisons employ inmates just the same.
https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/captive-labor-exploitation-of-incarcerated-workers
Jails and prisons also purchase a ton of goods and services from for profit companies, who are all too happy to upcharge (“you can’t put a price on safety!”), and the wardens just sign on the dotted line and hand the bill over to taxpayers
This documentary from about 20 years ago went to one of their tradeshows, and even back then they were talking about how it corrections was a billion dollar industry
e; mirror link for Up the Ridge
At least with federal and state prisons doing it - it technically* benefits everyone, where private prisons are just lining someone’s pockets.
It doesn’t. It’s a way for taxes to indirectly support corporations on the backs of inmates.
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e
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